Overdraw-checkrein fastener.



No. 628,277. Patented luly 4, I899.

I J. MEALEY;

OVERDRAW GHEGKREIN. FASTENEB.

(Appliution filed my 17, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNSTON MEALEY, OF HONVARD LAKE, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-' I'IALF TO JOHN F. MCDONALD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

OVERDRAW-CHE CKREIN FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,277, dated July 4, 1899. Application filed May 17, 1898. Serial Ila/6801919. (No model.)

checkrein when desired.

The particular object of the invention is to provide a checkrein holder or fastener which will tend to lift and level the harness-saddle instead of rolling or tipping the same forward when a pull is exerted on the checkrein.

The invention consists in a checkrein-fastener of the construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention will bemore readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a check-fastener embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 4 is a similar perspective view showing the end or loop of the checkrein being inserted into the fastening. Fig. 5 is aperspective view showing the check strap or rein in place.

As shown in the drawings, the device comprises the main block or bar 2, the rear bar 3, and the forward bar 4. The bar 2 has a shank 5, whereby the device is secured upon the harness saddle or pad. The bars 2 and 3 are connected by the side portion or plate 6, and the bar 3 is provided with the head 7, formed by cutting or ,making the slot 8 in the side plate or portion 9, that connects the bar 2 and the forward bar 4. At the end of the bar 4 is the downwardly-extending lug or finger 10. The slot 8 leads between the bars 2 and 3, and one side of the loop of the rein or strap is inserted through this slot or opening, and the loop is caught on the bar 3. The loop will be held between the enlarged or wide ends or plates 6 and 7. The straps or sides of the rein are placed together and are passed over the top of-the bar 2 and bent in under the bar 4, the end of said bar being separated from the plate 6 by a considerable space to allow the easy insertion of the intermediate parts of the strap. The strap will be held beneath the bar 4 by the depending lug or finger 10 and by the engagement of the opposite edges with the portion 9 at the opposite end of the bar'portion 4. The arrangement is such that the top of the bar 2 is above a plane including the bottoms of the bars 3 and 4, so that the strap will be crimped or bent over the bar 2, and there will be sufficient friction to prevent the pushing back of the loop in such a way as to allow any chance for its becoming free from the bar 3. The bar 4 is preferably arranged at a greater distance than the bar 3 from the bar 2, with the resultthat the leverage is in favor of the bar 4, and when a pull is exerted upon the strap or rein the tendency will be to lift the bar 4 and with it the forward part of the saddle or pad, thereby preventing the galling of the horses back.

The device may be used with any kind of harness, is neatin appearance, and cheap in construction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Acheckrein-fastener, comprising bars 2, 3 and 4, sideportions or plates 6 and 9 connecting said bars, and a shank provided on said bar 2, substantially as described.

2. A checkrein-fastener, comprising bars 2, 3 and 4, connecting side portions or plates 6 and 9, a lug 10 provided on said bar 4 and a shank provided on said bar 2, substantially as described.

3. The checkrein-fastener, comprising the bar or block 2 to be secured. upon the harness-saddle, the bar 3 joined to said bar 2 by the plate or side portion 6 and provided with the head 7, and the bar 4 having a lug 10 at its end and joined to said bar 2 by the side plate or portion 9, and the top of said bar 2 being above the bottoms of said bars 3 and 4, substantially as described.

4:. The cheokrein-fastener, comprising the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set bars 2, 3 and 4 joined by end parts or plates my hand, this 20th dayof April, 1898, at Minhaving alternate openings upon opposite sides neapolis, Minnesota.

between the bars, and said bar 4 being far- JOHNSTON MEALEY. 5 ther than the bar 3 from the bar 2, and means In presence of securing the fastener upon a harness-saddle, O. G. HAWLEY,

as and for the purpose specified. M. E. GOOLEY. 

